Anchor



Fel l 1927' w. o. lsAAcsoN ANCHOR Filed Aug. 24 `1925` l 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 ANCHOR Fiied Aug. 4. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Feb. l`1, 1927.

w. o. lsAAcsoN ANCHOR Y Y Filed Aug'. 24. 1925 Patented Feb. 1, 1927.

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ANCHOR.

Application filed August 24, 1925. Serial No. 51,945. Y A.

This invention relates to anchors for fastening bucks into place and Withregard to certain more specific features to means for temporarily and permanentlyL anchoring bucks. p

Among the several objects of the invention may be noted the provisionl of .means for temporarily holding a buck in place as a wall is being built therearoun'd, Vsaid A means to be applicable toconcrete, masonry and like. construction;Y the provision of means for permanentlyliolding the buck in placeon concrete. or the like at its lower end; and the provision-of means forecarrying `out the above objects requiring only a hammer las,atool'fointlie application thereof. Other objects will bein part obviousand inpart Y pointed out hereinafter;

The invention accordingly comprises the' elements and combination of elements, feaf tures of construction, and Aarrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the structure-hereinafter described, and the scope of 1 thel application of which will bey indicated in f the following` claims.

In the'accompanying drawings in which are `illustrated various possible embodnneiits Y of t-lie invention,

Fig. l is a .front elevation of a buck set in place with a wall partly built there around and the anchors applied;

lower right hand corner of Fig. 1, showing Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation 'of the portions broken away;

n Fig'. 4 is a perspective view of a preferred form of permanent anchor;

. Fig. 5 is a View similar a modified form-of permanent anchor;`

Fig. 6 islalperspective View showing an' other modified VYform of permanent anchor and a portion of'a buck in dotted lines;

Fig. 7 is a view'siinilar toFig. 6, showing 'anotherformg vFig. 8 is a -view similar to Fig. .6, showing another forni; f

Sis an enlarged fragmentary side elevation .ofiFig l, showing the temporary `portions of the anchoringA means and showing an alternate position of portions thereof in dot-and-dash lines;V i

Fig. lOis a lateral section taken on line Y io-io er Fig. 9;

Fig. ll `shows afragmentary elevation',

. other.

3 is an ideal section taken on lineY to Fig. 4 showing taken from the insidelfofV avbuckl with the buck removed, of a temporary anchor showg ing its tinesv in different positions; and

y Fig. l2- isa plan View of the upper end of a temporaryk anchor with nails removed.

Similar reference characters indicate core'` responding parts throughoutlthe several views of the drawings. Y .Y

Referring now morepartioularlyto Fig. l,

there is illustrated'a wooden buckvl such as is ordinarily used for doors 4and the like.

This buck has two upright portionsv 3 and 5 with a top cross member therebetween. f The members of bucks such as illustrated have any one of a number Vof. cross .sectional shapes. Tlierform of cross section usuallyV employed, however, is illustrated inFigs. 13

and 10. As indicated in those figures, two

outwardly extending tongues or ribs 7r are adapted to forni a recess 9 forthe reception of the ends of bucks andtiles 1-1- orthe like.-

In constructing an apeiitured wall the buck 1- isv usually first set into 'place/and the" wall built around it. The buck andthe brick or tile andthe like, are adapted to fit -one anbucks are in use. rIhe section of the buck shown in the. drawings will serveillustrative i purposes.

y Vhen bucksand the like set .upon 1 crete floors or other surfaces it -is difficult. to

prevent their `being knocked'over during the .course ofV construction...v This 1s especially truewhere the floor and ceiling are .formed of concreteystone, brick-or other hard material on wliichit is difficult to applybraces or into which itis diflicult to drive nails and Hence various sizes and shapes of the like. Furthermore, it is desirable to prei vvent thesides 3 and 5V of a buck from being f l vdrawn or 'pushed inwardly` after al wall is built. The mortar or other bond between the buck `andthe wall isvnot ,enough to hold the sides 3 and 5 permanently to the -wall under` all conditions Vof use.-r e Y To-holdthe lower ends of the sides 3 and 5 permanentlyv in place a preferred form of anchor clips shown in Figa is herein ein` ployed. This clip comprises two flat non--Y parallel legs or-prongs 13 curved yaway from one another at points 14L at'their separated Y outer ends. These vprongs are integrally formed and are joined at theirjcloser ends by a cylindrical portion 15. e Teethfl are cutr on the upper edges of the prongs 13. The clip as a whole is. ormed of a sheet of spring responds-.to Yap"proximateiy number 20rof the Birmingham Wire gage.

. bore, to siidably but more or lessy tightiy4 revceivea nail 19. The nail-19 has a'relatively large'head 21 and iscoinposed of hardened inateriah The cylindrical portion of the clip embraces the nail'19 for. a 'substantial part Vof itsl'ength thereby bracing it againstbendingwhen it receives a blow.'- Y i CeltllIl-vsizes of'v the-hardened nailsv are adapted to enter theyconerete under action of Yblows thereon,`withouttendingv'to break or bendjsidewardly,'although no extraneous bracing `passagelris employed.LAM

VThe anchor clip is applied to the'bottoin i VVof the buckby driving thepair'ofprongs I i -ahaminer-onthe flush bott''mijsidesV of the prongs' 13: Wiihdrive tlien'i sidewardly into the kwood,jteeth iirst. The teeth 17 faci'li-V l l i Vflooring. This contingency' Wil-l be provided intotherbuckuprights '3 yand 5.r Blows fromv tate driving. f' f N'Anynumber'of clips'niay be applied to an f Y V.upright infany position. The' use of'two of ythem in`4 the positions indicated in Figs. 2

and 3 is preferable. f i

After" the clips have been applied to a buckgthe nail carrying portions 15 protrude .through or into the said space 9 be- Vtween theftongues The bottomedges of the clips are flush `with the bottom edges of the buck "(Figs. l'and 2).l Y

Y NeX-t thexbuc'kv is mounted in position on `its (saycon'crete)Vv floor. TheV nails 19'inayl or may not have been applied" as shown in '4, to' theircylinders 15 beforethc clips Y Y Y l were driven home into the buck bottom. if

Vthey were soapplied, they areV ready vto be drivenglf lthey were-not applied they are Snow applied tok said'cylinders 15;* Then y' by applying blows :from a hammer to the heads i Y 21,17V thenailsinay be driven downwardlyinto theiconcrete (dryorfwet) or other'hard orV soft material?. The stems 19'Aa'revha`rdened and enter the hardened 1 'concrete more" or less *.feasily and also 'resistfbendingz Any tend-r l ency toibend Tis prevented by the enclosingV cy-lindrioal portions15 which.k as stated, fit :the .nails tightly. Itl is preferable not to haveithe'portions of the nails entering the `concrete or other stonyfioor longer than the #length of the cylindrical'portions 15.

Y It'maybe notedthat thepairs of prongs V13S-when4 drivenl into the buck receive hainnier blows,1 eachl prong bracing the -other against Vlateral collapse. Their spring niaterial also aids in stiii'ening these prongs as 4weil. as the curved portions 14 thereof. The y curved portions 14 also prevent Withdrawal f ofthe -clips from thefbuck an en'dwise' movement thereof or of the buck. Y VAfter the buck 1 has been anchored down *as described (Figs. 2 fand 3) the bricks or The -cylindricalportion 15 is anchor clips.

'the clip whereupon the brick may be abutted into the space 9 vbetween tongues 7 without interference. The broken away portionsof the brick or tile which contain the exposed portions of the vciipsinay be "filled withfinor-H tar 23 or the like (Figs. 2 and 3). K i

' VIt is obvious that after the Vbuck hasbeen` anchored as described, and a wall builtthere ai'oi'iiidor before the building of the'wall, that the side uprights 3 and 5 cannot readily be'nioved in any direction fat the floor line by a force neai'i'tlie lioor line.V However, be'- Y fore'the wall has been built and vafter` the buck has been anchored at the bottom'as described, it is possiblerto apply a force-at the top of thebuck and thereby exertfsuch 'a great leveragethatthe nails of the lower clips (described) n'iavy be torn from the against hereinafter. Y Y Y At thisstage thereflias beengprovided means for locating or -placing biickpeiis to' be interpretedas being illustrative.

In F ig. 5V is shown an anchor clip form y lwhich has only one prong made of somewhat heavier material than the prongs 13 of the previous forin. The Ytopof the prong 25 is sharpened at 27` to facilitate driving and the prong is amply crimped or bent at A' point 29 in orderitoffprovideagainstfside-V ward collapse as it is driven home into a buck. Thev cylindrical end portion "15 is` again Yformed 4with the prong 25. OtherY salient* features Vof thismodified )formare similar totliose described for the form'of F ig. 4. i i i this Vinvention is not limited to individual Referring particulariy toFigzGythere is illustrated a iiatplatelhadapted to' lit the bottom of a buck upright.' Itn'iay be pro# videdwith analigning lip 33, this lip is` not positively required. f Y i Oppositetlie lip 33 is integrally formed with the plate 31,. an upturned ear `This ear 85 has'integrally formed, `folded over, leaves 37, which in folding-form cylindrical portions `39 for slidabie but tight yreception of said hardened nails 19. The deviceA is so y designed that'the cylindrical portions assume positions corresponding Yto said posi` 'tions of the f'portions A15 in the previous forms when the device is applied toa buck. The deviceV is applied to a buckyby means InFigs.v 6 to 8 are shownY pairsof clips compounded into twin forms.

Y Y .iio it is further to be understood herein that Yio holes 43 in the plate.

eti'ect of the described lower anchors,

of ordinary nails 41, applied from the kboit- It may a single piece of sheet metal. VThe ear 35,' the leaves37 and the lip 33 lie in a single plane before the ,forming operation. v p y The purposes of this last described and the two subsequent forms are the saine as for the forms o'fFigs..4 and 5. Again only a hammer is needed for application thereof.

In Fig. 7 is shown a Amodification ot the twin vforni' in which a.. flat plate 45 has formed therewith an `upturned portion 47 and a backturned portion49. l and portions 47 and 49 enfold a strip oic Wood 51.l The strip of Wood :1'and its enfolding metal are drilled'to receive the nails 19in a manner such asv has beendescribed. The plate 475 is nailed to the bottom of a buck uprightby nails 41 passing through In Fig. 8 a plate 53 uprights by nails 41 through holes 43. An

Yextending portion ot the plateA 53 has tubular portions 57 drawn integrally there- With. or otherwise formed therewith and adapted to receive the Jfastening nails 19..

i In the `forms of, this anchor shown in Figs. 6 and 7 it is necessary to break more oi' less of the YWhole lower corner Vof the brick or tile placed at the anchoring portion :for reasons obviously shown in said Figs.

`6 and 7.

Reference has beenlinadel hereinbefore to moving the upper end of the buck before the wall tlierearound is completed. This may easily be done, b

ecauseof'tlie great leverage which may be applied. VIn order to hold the buck in place solidly While the Wall is under vconstructionv and while it is subjected to cliaiiceblows and the like by workmen, Wheelbarrows and the like, an upper temporary and removable anchor is herein providedaiid de-` A' scribed. Figs. 1. and 9 to 12 illustrate this removabledevice orv devices. f

Each removable anchor comprises a pipe or tub-e or arm 59 (Fig. 9) into one end of which are inserted tivo strips of preferably stout malleable metal 61. i YrIlieV tubeV 59 is flattened and pinched tightly on these strips 61. The strips 61 are led from tlietube 59 sidewards and twisted near their ends so thatV their planes are parallel to the length ofthe tube 59. The ends of thestrips are then formed as short Cylindrical portionv 63 adapted vtorreceive hardened nails 19 for purposes of fastening the tube 59 to acon- Vcrete or other like roor, Wall, ceiling, or

other stony structure. The cylindrical portions 63 brace the hardened nails '19 against bending asthey are driven into the concrete,

The plate 45 i is nailed tothe buck despite the anchoring `Wires are ratlierjheavy an of spring inaterial.

sharpened 'prong 83 which reaches in to125 f Whicliconcrete usually placed' and dry Y yas' Well as hard. vHence an: anchoring tubef f or pipe 59 may readily bejmadeffast-toa ceiling or otherl structure,` even thoughV vthe structure isstony and/orV hard.- Thefliard laterally extending moreV or vless flat ears 69. f.

rlie saddle is approximatelyequal in 'Width to a buck timber (see Figs. 1 and 10). Them ears` 69,7have holes them adapted tov re` ceive the pipe or tube 59 when -the saddle portion 67 is in an'V abnormal or y. strained position.

the ears 69 to grip the pipe59 thereby liolding the saddle in a given position. In orderv to move the, saddle'on the `tube 59, itis only necessaryV to push one'of the earsiii a direction tovvardthe other and the'straiiied relationship of ,parts is assumed, whereupon movement may be accomplished because the ears G9 donot bind.V The tube 59is capped;

y Hence after lthe ears (39. are passed l over the tube 59, the saddle 65 in atteiinptk ing to return to an iinstrained position causes at oiieendby a yblind nipple or other de-1 kv The saddle l(35 is.V provided onk the tube Ato furnish adjustable ineansfor ffastening the anchor tube to a buck after the tube v has been nailed to a ceiling'lorthe like by means described. The reason for this is that the distance from the tops of various bucks to ceilings ot various height-s is notconstant.

The saddle is fastened to the buck by the following means;V n .t

Near' the ears `G9 but on the saddle 65' are crimped the pairs Aoi passages73"adapted to laterally 4receive clamping Wires The rifhey are rotatably mounted in vthe' Vopenings Each ivire7 5 comprises Vthe portion passing through the openings `7 3 equal iii length to the vWidth of the saddle piece 65.

d are ma de Atvone 'sideof the saddle a jbranclr or1 leg77 @teach wire normally descends straightdownwardly, While. on the other side a short branch orv leg'79.y

reaches out horizontally away trom pipe within .the limits lot the saddle Width. .U

The Wires 73 and parts thereof y are rotat.,

ot' Fie. 11 to the position `ot the-.upper iviije 59 (seedot-and-dash lines, Fig. 9 and lower ,120

y *ach leg 79 is provided 81 vvliicli' in said figure..y VThe legs 77 are also adapt- 1,301

-fback into *the4 solid lineposition., Thelstated A pi, 9 and io).

' edfto. spring to the-dashedfline position shown" in Fig. 11`and yetbe ableV to.V spring positioning "is done inanuallyg,'k l f-To'apply an anchor the ,tubey 5 9 is nailed to theI (say)A ceiling as described, near the front aiid/orfiear"edge Voit-a Vbuck `(Figs. The legs 770i Wires 75 hang down -as shown viii dashed lines/(Fig 9.),

fivliileV the legs '79 'reinain horizontal, diie 4togravity etfectsp The saddle 65v is posi' tioned- With'regard to the front or rear side of a bucktirnber insuchl a manner that 'the Vfingers 81 reach inl behind one or' the saidV tongues?. The length'of. the Vleg 7 9 is suchV that'the linger 81 amply clears the tongue 71 (dashedl lines, Fig. 9).Y Then by first- Y springing fthe legs v7.7 Voutwardly Y (dashed lines, Fig. 11) and then drawing said'legs 20 77 upwardly (full'lines Figs. 9 and 11)` the fingers A81 inay -be ciainped to oneV or' the tonguesv 7. The first'V springing action is brought about to clear the prong 8370i the buck edge. M

After thecla'inpiiig position oi ,the `fingers 81 is reached, the legs 77 are Vdrawn up i slightly'inore to VVensure Va tight grip." .A

' hainin'eifbloiv or more is then appliedto the` top of prong-'83 and it isigdriven heine-into the side of the buck' (Fig. jlO); Hence the buck isanchored to the tube 59 and there-A foreto the'ceiling when the nails 19 ,are applied. It is to be understood that the saddle 65 and'tube 59j inay be first applied tothe buck and then by loosening thev ears VG9v by pressure the tube 59 inay be slipped up to a position Where the nails 19 inay be appiiedV 'to theceiling through Vcylinders 63. YThe order of voperations is lett to the choiceof;

an operator.' y l Tivo anchor `assemblies inay be applied Y to a buck asillustrated injkFig.r1'.-"'Another VperV end' of 'the other tube A59. theizchain asfd'escribed the anchoring struc- Y ture Yis Well braced. Y Slack inay be -talen up thechain by changinglinlis at hook 89 hole 88fd`iilled yinto 'one of the iipperear's V69is adaptedto receive a snap'hook 85 of a chain 87.5.#Tlie chain. is madey ainplyl'ong and leads *tol a: hooli`89 fastened into"V the up- 'By fastening for-by moving the saddle to which itk/isv attached in a downward direction by pulling doivn on theiipper ear ofsaid saddle, that is, before the desc 55! inade" fast.

ribed clainps have been Removal of the anchorsis readily accoinf plished byy use of thel claw of'a yhaininer or f. other prying tool un'de'rjthe Vleg 77"(Fig. 10). ThisV frees the prong 83 and the fingers 'V81 may be released. v With `the' aid` ofV the vleverage atiorded by tubes V59 the T-headed V`pt )rti'ons comprising strips 61 inay be easily 'loosed' frein the ceiling. It isk assumed that lat this stagethe Wall has progressed te an elevation :may or over the topy ineinbereoif the buck. lIf'the vvall elevation has-passed tile either. i Y l Y Ait is herein intended that the anchor rods 59and parts' thereto appertainiiig'as Well as'.l Vtl'ie-periiianent anchors in'ay be used tobace a buck or the like atits top edge and 'toi' a side Wall ori'roin its 'side edges toV a Hoer' the eleva-tion oftheiingers 81",'f-no" dililciiltyis encountered as these tingersare'short and are easily Withdrawn.''They' donot serioiislv interfei'eivith the'iiilacing 0i brick or 7G andY other vlike app'licatioiisffoil WhichgFig ljis illustrative. f' l It is further to beundeisteod that the Word buck shall include vin its ineaningV VThe advantages of thevneiv construction herein shown vare alniost' obvious. 1 An adjust-able.'y anchor is" providedfor holding`V bucks While pernianently anchoring thein.

One adjustable` anchor ifnay `readily beV re-V iiioved and a permanently set' buck remains fastened to its surrounding Wall. Y

Unly a haiiiiiieris needed for theapplication of the anchoring means and ior'its reinova llt is quickly applicable in the hardest ofset concretos, stone and the like' and is economical to construct: Y -K lIn ViewV oi the above, it Will be seen that Vthe Vseveral objects oi the invention are achieved and otheradvantageous results attained.

As inany changes could 'be inade in carrying out the above constructions ivithoutdef parting iii'oin'the scope' of the invention, Vit is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the acconipanying drawings shallj be 'interpreted as illustrative and 'not ina limiting sense.

1. An `anchor for bucks and the .like coin- 1 prisinga ,device adapted to be fastened to Va'buck and ineans orined With said device whereby it may betastened toa stony :ina-

- any traine for arches and :tor apertures in i vwalls'and the like.

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terial' by applying Vblovvs only, said means]-V coinprising elongated cylindrical 'portionv and a hardened -iiail slidably fitting Within saidportion, said cylindrical 'portion being adapted to support the nail ina predeteia inined position With respect to said niaterial.

2. Means for anchoring a nieniber to another ineniber, the ylatter being coniposed of relatively brittle niateriahlsaid Vineans.

comprising a cylindrical portion associated With-saidiirst-nained nieinberY andV a liard-` 4en'ed nail slidably" fitting said portion and adapted to passftherethrough' underY actionV 1,616,426 l l l f f5' ber is anchored, anchoring means comprising a hardened nail adapted to `pierce saidl kbrittle material, anda cylindrical portion associated With the anchored member in which said nail is positioned and supported.

4L. The construction comprising an an; chored member and a second relatively brittlc member to which said first-named member is anchored composed of concrete, an-

choring' means comprising a hardened nail adapted to pierce said concrete, and a supf porting' cylindrical portion associated with the anchored member in Which said nail' is ina'lly positioned and in which saidnail is supported as it is applied to therconstruction.

5.l The construction comprising ank an? choredfmember and a second concrete member to whichk said irst-namedf member ,is anchored, anchoring means comprising a hardened nail adapt-ed to pierce sald concrete upon application of driving blows to n l the nail, and a cylindrical-portion associated c Awith the anchored member in jWlnch said nail is positioned when' finally placed in the construction and in which said nail is p WILLIAM o. IsAAosoN. 

